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75 THE PHILIPPINE CORRECTIONS SYSTEM: CURRENT SITUATION AND ISSUESM ildred Bernadette Baquilod Alvor*I. INTRODUCTIONThe PHILIPPINE CORRECTIONS System is composed of the institutions in the government, civil society andthe business sector involved in the confinement, correction and restoration of persons charged for and/orconvicted of delinquent acts or crimes. The public sector formulates sound policies and rules on CORRECTIONS ,penology and jail management, rehabilitation and restoration. All prisons or penitentiaries, jails anddetention centres are under the direct control and supervision of the government. The government, thus,plays a dominant role in the correction and rehabilitation of civil society which includes the non-government organizations, people s organizations, religiousorganizations, academe and the media, provide support services such as health services, training, livelihood,spiritual guidance and counselling.
relative to the character, antecedents, environment, mental and physical condition of the offender, and available institutional and community resources. Probation shall be denied if the court finds that: (i) the offender is in need of correctional treatment that can be provided most effectively by his commitment to an institution;
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RELATIVE TO THE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS, COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL TREATMENT, Prisoners, Relative, Offender Reentry: Correctional Statistics, Reintegration, Treatment, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mental Health, Mental Health Act 1983, Of Prison Education Programs, Service Enhanced Thinking Skills programme on reoffending